An addictive vegetarian street food recipe for snack or meals. These Matar Tikki is perfect teatime snack or for 5pm hunger.
It does make a delicious meal that is healthy too when you serve them as spicy Matar Tikki Chaat! You can stuff them as vegetarian burger patty as after school snack or lunch box. You will love it any which way!
I am addicted to chaat and Tikki and matar chaat has always been a all time favorite. It’s always on menu when we are craving something tangy, spicy and crispy all at once.
When I say I love chaat I really mean it, give me all those North Indian favourites, gol gappas, Dahi vada, dahi papadi I love them all ! I do not discriminate when it comes to chaat.
As I said Aloo Tikki is my favorite most and so is this Masoor Dal paneer Tikki . But ever expanding waistline does not permit to indulge often in deep fried potato patties. So, I go for next best thing, I made my own Tikki chaat recipe that tastes incredibly delicious.
Matar Tikkis that are not deep fried and cooked in minimal oil but still turn out crispy and there is no use of potato. Yes A healthy Tikki made without potato.
Here’s presenting to you a healthy Chaat recipe “Matar Tikki Chaat” You generally do not get this in market but It’s super easy to make so you can make it at home anytime.
After Eating these Matar Tikki you do not even feel guilty. In fact these will make you feel better because you consumed a lot of veggies.
For those who don’t know Green peas in Hindi are known as matar. So this is basically a green peas patty, shallow fried to crispy perfection and topped with a variety of toppings like chutneys yogurt and spice powders to make a delicious and healthy meal.
Even if you don’t want toppings these Green Peas Tikki are a healthy and tasty 5pm snack to serve with ginger tea or coffee.
I know many of you will say that I have used tamarind sauce/imli chutney which is slightly sweet. But you can make that without sweet if you wish to. Other than that everything is quite nutritious.
Many of you do not eat Tikki chaat because you avoid potatoes for various reasons. So I came up with this recipe which I make without potatoes.
So what did I add to make the taste creamy without potatoes. I used poha to make it crispy, poha is flattened rice. I washed poha and kept it for 5 minutes before using it.
How To Make it
Watch step by Step Recipe
Tips and Recipe Notes
I know I have said these are healthy. So let me tell how what makes them healthy and tips to make best matar patties for chaat.
- In this recipe I replaced bread crumb/maida/cornflour with fresh brown bread which crushed in grinder.
- Also I added poha/flattened rice which is healthier option and iron rich too
- I replaced potatoes with crushed matar or green peas.
- And major instead of deep frying I fried them in very minimal amount of oil.
Things to Take care for Best Results
- Peas or matar should retain some texture after grinding, we do not want a pasty mixture.
- You can adjust the quantity of bread crumbs to adjust the consistency of mixture. It should resemble soft dough and should not be watery.
- Instead of mushrooms you can add grated carrots too.
- While frying turn them gently and cook on medium to slow heat.
Can You Make Matar Tikki Ahead ?
For best results I suggest cook them fresh. But You can always pre prep till shaping them You can store them in fridge for 1 day.
When you are ready to eat or serve, take them out, shallow fry and these are ready to be served.
More Peas Recipe You can Try
Matar Tikki - Green Peas Patties
Equipment
- Non-Stick Pan (US)
- mixer grinder
Ingredients
- 200 grams Green peas
- ¼ cup mushrooms chopped
- 1 green chilli chopped
- 2 tablespoon Mint leaves chopped
- 3 tablespoon Onion
- 4 tablespoon Poha flattened rice
- 3 brown Bread slices make fresh bread crumb
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon ginger chopped
- 2 teaspoon Oil
For Chaat Topping
- ½ cup yogurt dahi
- ¼ cup tamarind sauce imli ki chutney
- ¼ cup green chutney
- 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon black salt
- 2 tablespoon Bhujia sev gramflour vermicelli
- 3 tablespoon Peanuts roasted and crushed
Instructions
- In a blender jar, crush fresh green peas into a coarse mixture.
- In a big mixing bowl, add crushed peas, chopped mushrooms,green chilli, chopped mint leaves, chopped onions, soaked poha, bread slices (which are ground in blender jar to make bread crumb, salt to taste and chopped ginger.
- Combine everything nicely to make a thick stiff dough like Tikki mixture.
- Now divide this mixture into 10-12 parts and with palm of your hands shape them like round patties/tikkis.
- In a non-stick pan add 1tsp oil and when oil is hot place 3-4 patties in the pan.
- Cook till bottom is golden brown and crispy and flip to cook the other side similarly. It will take approximately 3-4 minutes to cook one batch.
- Cook all the matar tikkis till both sides are golden brown. You can enjoy them as is or use as vegan patty for burger. Or Make a Matar Tikki Chaat as mentioned below.
To Assemble Chaat
- Onto a plate spread a tablespoon of whipped yogurt. Place 2 matar patties over it
- Now again cover it with 1tbsp of yogurt and drizzle 1tsp each of tamarind sauce and green chutney.
- Sprinkle black salt, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder as per taste. Sprinkle sev and finally some crushed toasted peanuts and chopped coriander.
- Enjoy it immediately.
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Notes
- Peas or matar should retain some texture after grinding, we do not want a pasty mixture.
- You can adjust the quantity of bread crumbs to adjust the consistency of mixture. It should resemble soft dough and should not be watery.
- Instead of mushrooms you can add grated carrots too.
- While frying turn them gently and cook on medium to slow heat.
Sonal Narula
Hi.
Peas needs to be boiled before making them into a corse paste ?
Rekha Kakkar
Not required because peas get cooked very quickly. In this case more so because peas
are crushed.